1. There are in French ten kinds of words, or parts of speech, as:
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Nouns or Substantives, Articles, Adjectives, Pronouns, Verbs, |
Participles, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections. |
2. Six of these are subject to changes in their endings, and are called variables; they are:
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The Noun, The Article, The Adjective, |
The Pronoun, The Verb, The Participle. |
3. The remaining four are invariables, as:
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The Adverb, The Preposition, |
The Conjunction, The Interjection. |
4. The variables have two numbers: the singular and the plural.
5. Excepting the verb, the variables have two genders: the masculine and the feminine.
§ 2. Cases.
The cases in French and their English equivalents are: